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Playground – Sutcliffe Play “High Wire”

Serious risk Injuries

Published by Safety Gate 28 Nov 2017In the weekly report of 1 Dec 2017 (week 48, 2017)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 9 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Product
Playground
Brand
Sutcliffe Play
Brand as notified
Sutcliffe Play Limited
Name
High Wire
Type / model
PZU679
Description
Playground equipment consisting of 4 platforms and 5 features to access those platforms: a climbing rope, a scramble net, a metal-hoop climbing tunnel, a ladder with metal bars and a metal ramp; two units are available: a rope bridge and a slide.
Risk
null A metal bar on the ground for securing the scramble net constitutes an obstacle in the rope bridge fall zone beside the scramble net and the platform. Metal plates located underneath the anchor points for the bottom rope of the rope bridge have sharp edges. The highest platform (180 cm), accessed by a climbing rope, doesn't have the required handrails along most of its access.One accident reported.The product does not comply with the relevant European standard EN 1176 and the national legislation.
Measures
  • Temporary ban on the supply, offer to supply and display of the product · from 16 Oct 2017
Notifying country
France
Country of origin
United Kingdom
Alert type
Consumer
Photos
Photo 1 of the product in Safety Gate alert A12/1701/17
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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert A12/1701/17
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  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2017-048 (XML)
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